132 THE PAXTON MEN. [1763, Not. 



Nazareth, where it was hoped they might remain 

 in safety.^ 



In the mean time, the charges against the Mora- 

 vian converts had been laid before the provincial 

 Assembly ; and, to secure the safety of the frontier 

 people, it was judged expedient to disarm the sus- 

 pected Indians, and remove them to a part of the 

 province where it would be beyond their power 

 to do mischief.^ The motion was passed in the 

 Assembly with little dissent ; the Quakers support- 

 ing it from regard to the safety of the Indians, and 

 their opponents from regard to the safety of the 

 whites. The order for removal reached its destina- 

 tion on the sixth of November ; and the Indians, 

 reluctantly yielding up their arms, prepared for de- 

 parture. When a sermon had been preached before 

 the united congregations, and a hymn sung in Avhich 

 all took part, the unfortunate exiles set out on their 

 forlorn pilgrimage ; the aged, the young, the sick, 

 and the blind, borne in wagons, while the rest 

 journeyed on foot.^ Their total number, including 

 the band from Wyalusing, which joined them after 

 they reached Philadelphia, was about a hundred 

 and forty. At every village and hamlet which 

 they passed on their way, they were greeted with 

 threats and curses ; nor did the temper of the 

 people improve as they advanced, for, when they 

 came to Germantown, the mob could scarcely be 

 restrained from attacking them. On reaching Phil- 



1 MS. Letter — Bernard Grube to Governor Hamilton, Oct. 13. 



2 Votes of Assembly, V. 284. 



3 Loskiel, Hist. Moravian Missions, Part II. 214. Heckewelder, Nar- 

 rative of Missions, 75. 



